HTML Concepts and Techniques Fifth Edition Chapter 4 Creating Tables in a Web Site

HTMLConcepts and Techniques

Fifth Edition

Chapter 4

Creating Tables in a Web Site

Chapter 4: Creating Tables in a Web Site 2

Chapter Objectives

• Define table elements• Describe the steps used to plan, design, and

code a table• Create a borderless table to position images• Create a horizontal menu bar with text links• Copy and paste HTML code to a new file• Create a borderless table to organize text• Create a table with borders and insert text• Change the horizontal alignment of text


Chapter Objectives

• Add background color to rows and cells• Alter the spacing between and within cells using

the cellspacing and cellpadding attributes• Insert a caption below a table• Create headings that span rows and columns

using the rowspan and colspan attributes

Prepare yourself

• Create a Ch 4 folder in your home directory• Copy the files from public in the following

directory P:\HTML Stuff\Chapter04\ChapterFiles• DO NOT COPY the whole directory, only the 3

files in it. • Put these in your home directory.• Read the project on pg. 144


Tables

• Tables – allow you to organize information on a web page.

• Allows you to arrange items in rows and columns.• They can be complex or simple• Look at pg. 147 for some examples.• You can also use tables to position text and

images, see pg. 148. This gives you more flexibility with the website.

• Another thing you can do with tables is create frames – see pg. 149.


Table elements• Row – horizontal line of information• Column – vertical line of information• Cell – intersection of a row and column

– Heading cell – displays text bold and centered

– Data cell – display normal text, left-aligned

• Table border – line that encloses the perimeter of the table

• Table header – same as a heading cell• Table caption – descriptive text located above or

below the table• Look at some examples on pg. 150-151


Do you need a table?

• General rule – if it will help organize information or web page elements so that it is easier to read

• Look at pg. 152, which looks better, table or bulleted list?


Planning the table

• You can’t create tables effectively without first etching out on paper what they should look like.

• Look at the examples on pg. 153.• Now I want you to plan a table….• Get in groups of 3


Table scenario

• You are the facilities manager at a conference center in Starkville, MS. It is a general use facility for the community which hosts many events. You would like to place a table on the website to reflect the usage of the center. The rooms are available for use from 8am until 9pm. There are 7 rooms total that can be used.

• Use your imagination and draw up a table that will meet the needs of this center. Be mindful of row and column spanning…


Coding the table

• <table></table> - start and end of table• <tr></tr> - start and end of a table row (heading

or data)• <th></th> - start and end of a heading cell (BOLD

and centered)• <td></td> - start and end of a data cell• Look at the example on pg. 155• Now turn the page (pg. 156) and look at the

attributes you can assign to each tag.


Entering the HTML Tags to Define the Web Page Structure

• Enter the HTML code shown in Table 4–3. (You can just start with the template you created and make it match, that’s what I would do.)

• Compare what you typed to Figure 4–12. If you notice errors, use your mouse pointer or ARROW keys to move the insertion point to the right of each error and use the BACKSPACE key to correct the error



Entering the HTML Tags to Define the Web Page Structure


Creating a Borderless Table to Position Images

• Do the exercise on pg. 159-160• This will put your banner in a table.


Creating a Horizontal Menu Bar with Text Links• Look on pg. 161 at the horizontal navigation bars…

• Enter the HTML code shown in Table 4-4, pressing ENTER after each line

• The pipe symbol (|) is shift \ (above the Enter key)

• Save this file as statewide.html


Adding Text to a Table Cell• Now we need to populate the table..• Do pg. 164• Don’t forget to save your file. • Validate your code.• Let me see it before we go any further.• After I see it, continue creating the 2nd web page

(pp. 169-174).• Remember, we don’t print these out!• Now let me see it again!

Viewing a Web Page


Testing Links on a Web Page

• Test all the links to make sure they work…• Show me…


Validating, Viewing, and Printing the Web Page Using the Browser


Cellspaceing & Cellpadding

• Cellspacing - # of pixels of space between CELLS

• Cellpadding - # of pixels of space between the cell’s data and it’s border

• See pg. 176• DO pg. 178-180• Save this file as vacancy.html • Validate it.• Now, see how all of them link together.


Row and column spanning

• Colspan – attribute that specifies the # of columns to span

• Rowspan – attribute that specifies the # of rows to span

• These go on the <th> or <td> tag.• Look at the example on pg. 183• Open the file bedrooms.html in your home

directory.• Do pp. 185-190 – adding row and column

spanning to this document.



Saving and Printing the HTML File and Viewing and Printing the Web Page

• Homework– Flash cards for Ch. 4

at www.scsite.com/html5e/learn

– Must score at least 15/20

– Do a minimum of 20 cards

– Due next class meeting (after we discuss this)


• Labs• Individual project

• In the lab Lab 2 – pg. 197• You will need to get the

mask.jpg file from HTML files/ch 4/In The lab

• Group project• Cases and places #5• Choose a partner and

create these websites together.

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HTML Concepts and Techniques Fifth Edition Chapter 4 Creating Tables in a Web Site